Telegraphs
By: Danielle Dodson The telegraph was originally invented by Claude Chappe in 1794. Of course the first one was non-electric. Later Samuel Finley Breese Morse invented the electric one on September 2, 1837 with 1700 feet of copperwire coiled around a room. It took 12 long years just to think of a way to make the telegraph. Morse then went to Washington to get a petition for money to build an experimental telegraph line. The telegraph used a series of dashes and dots called Morse Code. On February 23,1843 he was granted 30,000 dollars to put wiring between the cities of Baltimore and Washington. Morse heard the news from a friends daughter and he was so happy that he let her choose what the first message said. The daughters name was Annie G. Ellsworth. The telegraph was set up and constructed by May of 1844. The project would consist of wires along with operators in stations, and messengers that carried news and messages by electricity faster than any invention before it. Samuel Morse sat in the supreme court in Washington and asking for the message from Miss Ellsworth and she chose to be typed " What hath God wrought?". His friend recieved the message and typed back to them " What hath God wrought?". Everyone was so excited because it was so amazing. It allows words to get across faster than a letter by horseback. It was good in the war because if people on the same side were in far away states then they could send them a message knowing that it would get to them faster that way.
Telegraphs
By: Danielle Dodson
The telegraph was originally invented by Claude Chappe in 1794. Of course the first one was non-electric. Later Samuel Finley Breese Morse invented the electric one on September 2, 1837 with 1700 feet of copperwire coiled around a room. It took 12 long years just to think of a way to make the telegraph. Morse then went to Washington to get a petition for money to build an experimental telegraph line. The telegraph used a series of dashes and dots called Morse Code. On February 23,1843 he was granted 30,000 dollars to put wiring between the cities of Baltimore and Washington. Morse heard the news from a friends daughter and he was so happy that he let her choose what the first message said. The daughters name was Annie G. Ellsworth. The telegraph was set up and constructed by May of 1844. The project would consist of wires along with operators in stations, and messengers that carried news and messages by electricity faster than any invention before it. Samuel Morse sat in the supreme court in Washington and asking for the message from Miss Ellsworth and she chose to be typed " What hath God wrought?". His friend recieved the message and typed back to them " What hath God wrought?". Everyone was so excited because it was so amazing. It allows words to get across faster than a letter by horseback. It was good in the war because if people on the same side were in far away states then they could send them a message knowing that it would get to them faster that way.
Links to information
http://www.shodan.in/2008/08/24/morse-code-translator/
http://library.thinkquest.org/04oct/00451/telegraphmorsecode.htm
http://www.4to40.com/science/index.asp?id=114
http://inventors.about.com/od/tstartinventions/a/telegraph.htm